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Attorney General at Pine Ridge SD

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Attorney General Holder participated in a special wreath laying ceremony at Wounded Knee. He is the first administration official since President Clinton in 1999 to visit the historic site. He also met with children at the SuAnne Big Crow Boys & Girls Club, Pine Ridge, SD and participated in a listening session on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Press Release: Attorney General Holder, Justice Department Officials Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders in Rapid City & Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

Speech: Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Website: http://www.justice.gov/tribal

Attorney General Holder and President John Yellow Bird Steele of the Oglala Sioux Tribe at the Wounded Knee overlook.
Attorney General Holder lays a wreath at the Wounded Knee Memorial Site
Attorney General Holder at the Wounded Knee Memorial Site.
AAG Moreno, President John Yellow Bird Steele, and AG Eric Holder
Attorney General Holder meets with children at the SuAnne Big Crow Boys & Girls Club, Pine Ridge, SD.
Attorney General Holder and President John Yellow Bird Steele of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
A young boy from Pine Ridge participates in exhibition dancing during the listening session on Pine Ridge Reservation.
Seniors and Gates scholarship recipients from Red Cloud Indian School and Pine Ridge HS
Updated May 31, 2017